182 quotes found
“Children betrayed their parents by becoming their own people.”
“But marrying within one's own family can get monotonous. One has heard all the same family stories, knows all the jokes and all the same recipes. No novelty.”
“She took comfort in the familiarity of his smell, knowing that if she lost all her possessions and her home, at least she would have her family.”
“Life was good. Everything was going right. It was almost scaring him because usually when things were going this well it was the calm before the storm hit.”
“And yeah, I know most people would think it weird that two guy friends touch as much as we do, but when you choose your family, you get to choose how it is between you, too. This is how we work. I ...”
“No true...father would be unconcerned about discord in his family that may cause it to disintegrate in his absence...”
“No father knows that he is carrying his son up the stairs for the final time”
“Family is a permanent adhesive that creates a lifetime bond.”
“Life is real, not ideal.”
“One is not to win the world, he has to win the home (family).”
“The ice cold fear Id felt, not knowing if Wyatt was alive, pressed into the wall with other girls and surrounded by guys who were unspeakably brave, hit my body again in a wave. This was traumathe ...”
“Live today. You never know when tomorrow will be a day too late.”
“When you love someone, show them in words AND deeds. To hear you're loved is nice but to feel loved is incredible.”
“Probably there is nothing in human nature more resonant with charges than the flow of energy between two biologically alike bodies, one of which has lain in amniotic bliss inside the other, one of ...”
“I suppose men, even myself, are perpetually boys. The sons of parents who provide the staples of what makes up a life a home, an example of what it means to be human, however fucked up that may be....”
“Energetic cords are unconscious - often sentimental or compulsive - emotional ties to past and present relationships, pre-conditioned by our wounds. They are made of toxic emotions such fear, guilt...”
“Don't count on me to take you in because I'm angry. I'm angry at you for leading us on such a song and dance all these years, not just these few years but all the years, skipping all those holidays...”
“You must be committed to your children first. Otherwise, they will receive the leftovers.”
“A dam doesn't try to reason with the water. Its main purpose is to hold it still for a while. When I lecture my kids I'm doing much the same thing. I'm not trying to necessarily reason with them, j...”
“In the temple, I sit on the cool floor next to Grandfather, beneath the stern benevolence of the goddess's glance. Grandfather is clad in only a traditional silk dhoti--no fancy modern clothes for ...”
